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Don Knotts has died at 81

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a Dr. Demento classic:

http://www.simpleprop.com/images/wade/welovebarneyfife.mp3

"We Love Barney Fife" by Gums 'n Roses (1990) -- Approx. 2.2 MB
[Sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"]

Andy Griffith on TV, Sheriff Taylor Mayberry, Mount Pilot, North Carolina, Raleigh

Fishin' hole, Earnest T., Courthouse, Opie, Goober Pyle, Gomer Pyle, (Golllllly!)

Aunt Bea in the kitchen, lousy pickles, good friend chicken, Helen Crump, Otis drunk, Emmett's Fixit Shop

Criminals would come to town, fearless Fife tracks 'em down, his eye would pop, his gun would drop, he's a favorite TV cop

We love Barney Fife... He's the Deputy of Mayberry. We love Barney Fife.. He upholds the law with Opie's pa

Floyd the barber cuttin' hair, Howard Sprague, barber chair, barney's job is never done, law and order's in his blood, he shaky gun is at your service, catchin crooks makes him nervous, thelma lou's offical stud, nip it nip it in the bud
(This is Deputy Fife speakin' and I'm armed!!!)

Andy plays the guitar, Barney's in the squad car, driving Mayberry nuts, he's law enforcement klutz

Ticket writing everyone, he's got one bullet for his gun, bad guys are on the run, book 'em Barney murder one!

We love Barney Fife... He's the Deputy of Mayberry... Andy Griffith is our life (yeah yeah yeah), when the show is done we'll watch another one (re-run, re-run, re-run...) WE LOVE BARNEY FIFE!
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> We love Barney Fife... He's the Deputy of Mayberry... Andy
> Griffith is our life (yeah yeah yeah), when the show is done
> we'll watch another one (re-run, re-run, re-run...) WE LOVE
> BARNEY FIFE!
> eyfife.mp3
>
Mr. Feely from "Three's Company." The TV repairman in "Pleasantville."
One of the troupe from "The Tonight Show" with Steve Allen.

But he'll always be Barney to me. I'm glad we've still got the re-runs and the DVDs.
 
> >
> Mr. Feely from "Three's Company."


Furley. Ralph Furley, the landlord. He joined the cast of Three's Company around 1979 after Stanley and Helen Roper moved on to their own failed spinoff.
 
He also did a great job in that "Desparate Housewives" spoof in the 2005 TV Land Awards. He'll really be missed.

I bet he's sharing stories right now with good ol' Aunt Bee and Jack Tripper.
 
An interesting background look at some of Don's TV shows...

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_02_26.html#011032<P ID="signature">______________
"What's That?" "French Horns!"

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> An interesting background look at some of Don's TV shows...
>
> http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_02_26.html#011032


A Barney moment: "There's only one way to deal with this, Andy. You gotta nip it in the budd. Nip it, nip it, nip it."

Andy: "You mean I gotta nip it......"

Barney: "In the budd."
>
The death of Don Knotts truly marks the closing of another historic era in American television.
 
Goodbye Barney; Thanks for all the laughs

I once read an article by the author of a book about Hollywood celebrities. While this person trashed a number of well known actors for being rude, nasty and self-centered, he had nothing but praise for Don Knotts.

According to the author, unlike many egotists who populate the world of show business Knotts, was a kind-hearted soul who would always sign an autograph, pose for a picture, or go out of his way to talk with his many fans. The article went on to say that Sheriff Andy was always the calm and cool one, while Deputy Barney was uptight and nervous. In real life it was the opposite for both actors.

One has to give Andy Griffith credit for allowing Don Knotts’s character to be the focal point of Griffith’s TV show. Many leading actors would never have stood by and allowed someone else to get the laughs and attention that Knotts did. But Griffith perhaps understood the impact “Barney Fife” brought to the show, but also because he and Knotts were such close friends.

Don Knotts will always be remembered as Deputy Barney Fife and thank goodness for that. Don was nominated and won five Emmy awards in the 1960s. Now consider this, the “Great One”, Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy and yet here was a supporting cast member of a popular show who had five awards to his credit.

Thanks Don for all of the laughs and wonderful memories. You will be missed.<P ID="signature">______________
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I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them".</P>
 
> He also did a great job in that "Desparate Housewives" spoof
> in the 2005 TV Land Awards. He'll really be missed.
>
> I bet he's sharing stories right now with good ol' Aunt Bee
> and Jack Tripper.
>
Mr. Knotts also co-starred with Tim Conway in "The Apple Dumpling Gang" as a pair of bumbling bankrobbers. He eventually reunited with Andy Griffith in several episodes of "Matlock". I heard somewhere that prior to his career in showbiz, he was a marine drill instructor. I'm not sure if there's any truth to that, though.<P ID="signature">______________
"I look out for me and mine."-Capt. Malcom "Mal" Reynolds in Serenity</P>
 
> > >
> > Mr. Feely from "Three's Company."
>
>
> Furley. Ralph Furley, the landlord. He joined the cast of
> Three's Company around 1979 after Stanley and Helen Roper
> moved on to their own failed spinoff.
>
Yep, I messed up. Still a great actor,though.
 
> > An interesting background look at some of Don's TV
> shows...
> >
> >
> http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_02_26.html#011032
>
>
> A Barney moment: "There's only one way to deal with this,
> Andy. You gotta nip it in the budd. Nip it, nip it, nip
> it."
>
> Andy: "You mean I gotta nip it......"
>
> Barney: "In the budd."
> >
> The death of Don Knotts truly marks the closing of another
> historic era in American television.
>
What a gifted actor he was.

Very talent and had longevity

started in the 1940's

and was still going strong into the new milennium

A great talent and an even greater person

enough said

We'll miss you truly Mr. Knotts
 
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